Phil Lesh & Friends at the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads, February 14, 2016

Terrapin Crossroads presents Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Jason Crosby, Stanley Jordan, John Molo, and Barry Sless, with the Midnight North Singers: Alex Koford, Grahame Lesh & Elliott Peck
2016-02-14
the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads
100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901-4051
8:00 PM, Sunday, February 14, 2016

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[8:13 PM lights down, band out]

1. [8:15 PM] [noodling] » Till the Morning Comes (GL/EP)
2. [8:28 PM] Peggy-o (PL/GL/EP) @$
3. [8:40 PM] Into the Mystic (EP) @
   [-EP]
4. [8:49 PM] Girl from the North Country (AK/GL) @$
   [+EP]
5. [8:59 PM] She's the One (AK) » Not Fade Away chant
6. [9:13 PM] Sugaree (AK)
   [set ends 9:29 PM]

[10:16 PM lights down, band out]

1. [10:18 PM] [noodling] » [10:22 PM] Dark Star » [10:23 PM] (first verse – EP/GL/AK) » jam »
2. [10:32 PM] Wonderwall (AK)
   [-AK, EP]
3. [10:42 PM] Unbroken Chain (PL)
   [+AK, EP]
4. [11:03 PM] Harvest Moon (GL) @$
5. [11:12 PM] Scarlet Begonias (AK+GL+EP)
   [-AK, GL]
6. [11:28 PM] Mountains of the Moon (PL/EP) »
7. [11:38 PM] (Lesh-Jordan duet) »
   [all back]
8. [11:52 PM] Dark Star » [11:56 PM] (second verse – all) »
   [-EP]
9. [11:59 PM] Maybe I'm Amazed (AK) »
   [+EP]
10. [12:03 AM] Love the One You're With (EP)
    [set ends 12:08 AM]
     
    Encore
    [12:19 AM Donor rap]
11. [12:22 AM] Layla (AK) $
    [show ends 12:32 AM]

• Jason Crosby: piano, keyboards, 6-string violin, guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Stanley Jordan: guitar;
• Phil Lesh: bass, lead and harmony vox;
• John Molo: drums;
• Barry Sless: guitar, $ pedal steel guitar;

with the Midnight North Singers:

• Alex Koford; percussion, lead and harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, @ acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Elliott Peck: acoustic guitar, guitar, keyboards, lead and harmony vox.

Excellent love-themed setlist tonight, but I feel like the band could have used a couple hours more rehearsal – there were a lot of shaky moments, especially in the first set – and a lot of looking around to see who was going to take the next solo. Not that the show was bad, but it was loose, and sometimes you gotta tighten up those lug nuts to make sure the wheels don't fall off the bus!

Alex is really coming along as a singer, and I look forward to seeing him as he becomes more comfortable in that role. It was clear that he and Grahame and Elliott have been spending time practicing their harmonies – that element of the show was excellent!

I didn't expect Phil to duet with Stanley, and it took me a moment or two to recognize what was going on… I thought at first that we were heading into a solo section for Stanley. It was fun, but not exactly earth-shatteringly great. And long, unless you have a high tolerance for Lesh-led noodling!

Seemed like the show ran pretty late for a Sunday night – hopefully they'll keep a slightly tighter schedule tonight!

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